Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1203

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Whitney was completely baffled-she honestly couldn't make sense of this guy's bizarre anatomy.

"If Dr. Valentine can't explain it, then I'm even more clueless," Ludwik teased, his gaze lingering on her with a lazy curve to his lips. He lowered his voice, the tone a deep, playful rumble. "But you felt it, right? Kinda dangerous, huh?"

The cocky, devil-may-care look on his face made Whitney bite her lip, at a loss for words.

The threat she'd felt at her fingertips had been way too intense, and now she was overheating. All she wanted was to shake him off.

But Ludwik, playing the wounded puppy, grabbed her hand again, putting on an exaggeratedly pitiful face. "Take it easy on me, Whitney. Look, it's been pining for you, barely hanging in there. If you go full Hulk-smash on it, my future happiness will be toast."

And with that, this grown man actually bit his lip, looking like the world's most miserable victim.

into a block of cheddar out of sheer exasperation. Her breath hitched, cheeks flushed. "So what do you

gave her a wicked, lazy grin, lounging back against the pillows like he owned the place, somehow managing to look both seriously concerned and shameless at once. "You're the expert. Interact a little, check if things

to exactly what his not-so-innocent suggestion meant. He actually

was barely alive, two days post-op. Did he really expect- No way she was giving in to his nonsense, not for a second. Never mind

interest in giving

Whitney yanked her hand free without a care for his obvious disappointment, and mustered her fiercest doctor-voice. "Ahem. Knock it off with the nonsense. You're half-dead right now.

there!" Ludwik shot back, like it

her face go up in flames. She glared. "Why do you care about my happiness? Who said you were part of my future? Look at the state you're in-l wouldn't

bouncing back faster than anyone. Dr. Horatio said I'm built like a linebacker. And

Plus, we have

little girl made Whitney roll her eyes at him. "Oh, please. You talk about our daughter as if you're some model dad! She's still in the ICU and here you are flirting. So what, you dump at the parenting

features twitched in protest, but

adorable scowl,